Queensland’s ongoing management of Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) will be led by the banana industry from 1 July 2023. Panama TR4 was first discovered in Queensland in the Tully Valley in 2015. Since then, it has been successfully contained to just eight properties through a
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The annual output of Mexican apples is about 700,000 tons and the main planting areas are concentrated in the Chihuahua and Coahuila regions, and in the Cuautemoc. Chihuahua, which is the core producing area of Mexican apples, accounts for more than 85% of the total apple production in Mexico. read more

Adverse weather events in various parts of Italy are causing a shortage of lettuce, though the issue is not affecting the hydroponic cultivation of Ninfa, whose production is in full swing thanks to the stable conditions in polytunnels. read more

Since the beginning of 2023, the North Caucasus Interregional Department of Phytosanitary Surveillance has inspected imported batches of citrus fruits with a total weight of 1,089 tons in the Stavropol region of Russia. During this period, 844 tons of oranges from Iran, 102 tons of lemons, and
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The supply of watermelons on the West Coast is very tight for the 4th of July pull. “The cooler weather during the growth of the crop pushed harvest dates back 7 to 10 days,” says PJ Colin of Five Crowns Marketing. “Compared to last year, supply is down and there was less of an overlap
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The Bundesverband der Systemgastronomie e. V. (BdS) is very critical of the planned reform of the Packaging Act. The planned extension of the current obligation to offer reusable food and beverages to-go to all materials from 2024 onwards, as well as the ban on single-use packaging at the
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MARKETCentral Valley, CA/New Mexico:John Vlahandreas with Wada Farms provided his report from his Salem, OR, office on June 28. “It’s been a mad dash to get orders in before the July 4th holiday next week,” he said. “We are moving onions out of the Central Valley and some out of New
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Smallholder farmers say livelihoods have improved after participating in initiatives led by life sciences company Bayer. This is the result of research by independent social impact measurement company 60 Decibels on four Bayer smallholder projects in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and
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What if the ancestor of the tomato and mozzarella pizza was a focaccia made with fruit? The discovery of a 2000-year-old fresco found in Pompeii opens up a new scenario on the origin of the quintessential Italian dish. read more

Prospects and opportunities for cluster tomatoes in Sicily. This is the title of the meeting promoted by Cora Seeds, reserved for a group of selected Sicilian producers, that the seed company is organising on Thursday 29 June at the Poggio del Sole Hotel in Ragusa. It will analyse
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Due to a spate of rainfall, the Panama Canal Authority will postpone depth restrictions that were going to affect larger ships crossing the important waterway. Earlier, the Authority had published measures, scheduled to take effect on 25 June and 9 July, requiring ships to sail at higher depths. read more

More than 75% of Saint Lucia’s banana and plantain crops were destroyed as Tropical Storm Bret hit the island on June 22. Minister for Agriculture Alfred Prospere has stated that in recent months, Saint Lucia has been unable to grow enough bananas to meet international demand. Now, this is a
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India imports about 300 thousand tons of fresh apples annually read more

From January to May 2023, the volume of fruit exports from Mexico increased 4.7 percent year-on-year. It reached to 1,887.000 tons, but their commercial value dropped 5 percent to 4,591 million dollars. read more

There is going to be fruit from Chile this season. That’s the sentiment North American importers have following this past weekend’s sizable rains and flooding in Chile--a weather event that has been described as the worst weather the country has seen in a decade. read more

To have only 3,000 square metres of blueberries and receive a volume of requests that exceeds all expectations, arousing interest even from Estonia. That's what happened to Lorenzo Dradi and Alessandro Bustacchini, owners of theSpreta farm in Ravenna, after being contacted by
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Ugandan scientists have developed a genetically modified banana that took millions of dollars and 20 years to make. It contains so much provitamin A, a substance that transforms into vitamin A in the body, that its flesh has a distinctive orange tint. read more

FoodPLUS GmbH, the legal entity behind the GLOBALG.A.P. brand, is pleased to announce Roberta Anderson will assume the role of president of the U.S. subsidiary, GLOBALG.A.P. North America (GGNA). Anderson has served as executive vice president of GGNA since 2017. She has been part of the
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This corresponds to an increase of 10.9 %, agraria.pe refers to market analyst Heber Chavez. Chile was the most important destination, accounting for 92.5 % of deliveries. read more

Supplies of mango from Mexico are steady and good. “Rounds from Michoacan state are showing big sizes, excellent quality while Nayarit State has some very nice Ataulfos with large sizes,” says Daniel Ibarra, President of Splendid by Porvenir. “We’re now starting in the state of Sinaloa
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